Wire-tie-twisting tool.



A. M. BATES.

WIRE TIE TWISTING TOOL.

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1 ,284.986; mmm Nm". 19, 191s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELMER M. BATES, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BATES VALVE BAG COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F WEST VIRGINIA.

WIRE-TIE-TWISTING TOOL.

Application f11ed March 15.

To all w hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELMER M. Barns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wire-Tie-Twisting Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tools for twisting wire ties, and has for its object to provide a convenient mechanism whereby wire ties may be twisted about the necks of otherwise unsecured bags. The ties which I use have any kind of enlarged ends, but I prefer to use ties with some kind of upset ends. The tool and its use are illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tool ready to perform the twisting operation;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the saine wlth the twisting operation completed;

Figs. 3 and l are enlarged views oi' the tie in position on the bag;

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are details of the twisting end.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the gures.

A is a handle internally grooved to receive the spiral B and the rod C. This rod at one end has preferably the holding link l) and at the other the twisting head E.

This twisting head comprises the screwthreaded shank F to be received into a screw-threaded aperture in the end of the handle, the opening G which may or may not have a bottom G1 and the slot H which preferably has retreating upper walls J, J so as to give easy access to the slot.

K is an unnecessary groove or cut in the head made by the tool which cuts the slot Il.

It will of course be understood that any kind of operative connection between the handle and the rod can be substituted for the particular form here shown, and also that the tool could be organized as a bench tool instead of a hand tool, the handle or the head being driven in any desired manner. The essential point, of course, is the structure of the twisting head.

K1, K1 are ties having each the enlarged or upset end L, and M is the bag having the neck portion M1l about which the tie is twisted.

The end or head of the tie should be large enough so that the two tie portions Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

1917. Serial N0. 154,948.

will be separated near their ends even when they are in the position shown in Fig. 3. It is not necessary to exercise any care, although the arrangement of Fig. 4 may be looked upon as the preferred forni or use.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows One end of the wire tie is dropped down to the bottom of the slot J, and this is preferably slightly below the axis of rotation of the head. The head of the tie is wider than the slot so that the tie is held in the slot. The body of the tie is now passed around the crimped neck of the bag and the other end of the tie pushed down into the slot so that that head also lies within the opening G. The parts are now in the position indicated in Fig. l, the two ends of the tie being slightly separated as indicated preferably in Fig. 4, and its body being wrapped around the bag neck as indicated in Fig. l. If, now, the head be rotated, obviously the two portions of the tie will be twisted together' as indicated in Fig. 2, and when the operation is completed, the parts will preferably be in the position indicated in Fig. 4.

When so arranged, the tie of course can be easily untwisted or its end folded down to any desired position.

I propose to magnetize the twisting lu id at least in some cases thus facilitatingV ve holding of the wire tie in position. Vv the two end body portions are inserted xn the slot they will be held in position by magnetic attraction of the head. In the preferred form of my device the twisting operation is performed when there are no protruding or exposed parts the upset ends, heads or enlarged ends of the tie being contained within the opening arranged for them.

I claim:

1. A wire tie twisting tool comprising a rotatable head having a single slot and eX- tending partway therethrough adapted to receive the two end body portions of a tie the bottom of said slot approximately at the axis of rotation of the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head.

2. A wire tie twisting tool comprising a twisting head having a slot substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the tool adapted to receive the two end portions of the tie, the bottom of the slot being approximately parallel with the axis of rotatioirof the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head, said twisting head magnetized to hold the tie.

3. A wire tic twisting tool comprising a twisting head having a single slot substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the tool adapted to receive the two end portions of the tie, the bottom of the slot being approximately parallel with the axls of rotation of the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head, said twisting head magnetized to hold the tie.

-L A wire tie twisting tool comprising a twisting head having a slot substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the tool adapted to receive the two end body p0rtions of the tie so that its two members lie near but on opposite sides ot the axis ot rotation, the bottom of the slot being approximatelyv parallel with the axis of rotation oi the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head, said twisting head magnetized to hold the tie.

5. A wire tie twisting tool comprising a twisting head having a single slot substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the tool adapted to receive the two end body portions or' the tie so that its two members lie near but on opposite sides of the axis ot' rotation, the bottom of the slot being approximately parallel with the axis of rotation of the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head, said twisting head magnetized to hold the tie.

G. A wire tie twisting tool comprising a twisting head having a single slot adapted to receive the two end body portions ot' the tie, the bottom of the slot being approximately parallel with the axis of rotation of the head, and an opening adapted to receive the enlarged ends of the tie, and means for rotating the twisting head, said twisting head magnetized to hold the tie.

7. A wire tie twisting tool comprising an enlarged head apertured along an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the head a slot communicating with said aperture and having its bottom substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the head.

8. A wire tie tnisting tool comprising an enlarged head apertured along an axis perpendicular to the axis ot' rotation of the head a slot communicating with said aperture and having its bottom substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the head, the slot being flared. at one side to permit easy entrance oi' the wire tie.

9. A wire tie twisting tool comprising an enlarged head apertured along an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the head. a. slot connnnnicating with said aperture and having its bottom substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the head.

10. A wire tie twisting tool comprising an enlarged head, a slot having its bottom substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of the head, the slot terminated at its inner end by a perforation substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the head, its bottom lying between the bottom of the slot and the opposite side of the head.

ll. A wire tie twisting tool comprising an enlarged head a slot having its bottom Substantially parallel with the axis of rotation ot' the head the sides of the slot being beveled to permit eas)7 entrance of the wire tie, the slot terminated at its inner end by a perforation substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the head.

l2. A wire tie twisting tool comprising an enlarged head, a slot having its bottom substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of the head, the sides of the slot being beveled at one side to permit easy entrance of the wire tie the slot terminated at its inner end by a perforation substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the head ,its bottom lying between the bottom of the slot and the opposite side of the head.

ln testimony whereof l allix my signature. in the presence of' two witnesses, this 9th day ot' March, 1017.

ADELMER M. BATES.

Witnesses:

LAUREL M. DonnMUs, MINNIE M. LINDENAU.

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